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Mr. Davis on the Poetry of the Chinese. 



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" On taking leave of a Friend."' 



" Ten years have elapsed since last we parted. 

 And no sooner have we met, than we part ao-ain : 

 We may bind ourselves by promises to renew this meeting. 

 But we shall never be so young as we are now ! 

 The shadowy of the passing cloud* speedily vanish — 

 The fallen leaf returns not to its branch : 

 Should I fly, like the wild bird, to seek you in the south. 

 In what part of yon blue mountains sluiU we meet ?" 





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" On giving liberty to a Dvtterjly" 



" Those varieg-ated hues should be less rashly exposed. 

 The recesses of the mountains are thy proper haunts : 

 The fragrant but short-lived herbs are there. 

 And those airy paths will best suit thy flight: 

 Thy crimson form is heavy with dew. 



Thy embroidered wings should expatiate in the clear breeze : 

 Destruction here awaits thee from the fondness of the boy. 

 Go then, and hide thy treasures froia his reach." 



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